If you think of it as a project to destroy teachers’ unions who always favor one political party, then it makes more sense.

See also New Math from about the same era.

A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling by Mark Twain probably not

For example, in Year 1 that useless letter “c” would be dropped to be replased either by “k” or “s”, and likewise “x” would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which “c” would be retained would be the “ch” formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform “w” spelling, so that “which” and “one” would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish “y” replasing it with “i” and Iear 4 might fiks the “g/j” anomali wonse and for all.

Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez “c”, “y” and “x” – bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez – tu riplais “ch”, “sh”, and “th” rispektivli.

Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.

Easier for you to just say where not to fuck.

Of my rotation of brewers, I find myself enjoying the coffee that I get out of my cucumella, the Neapolitan flip over brewer, the most.

Intense, rich flavor from just about any kind of dark roast, even a little viscosity, with a minimum of fuss compared to a moka pot.

My moka pot gives even more intense flavor, but it’s just too much work to clean, and takes too long because it actually requires you to boil the water inside it to actually work.

I really, really hate prying the filter funnel out of the moka pot boiler.

So much so that I put a dent along the edge of the funnel so that I can more easily pry the damned thing out, which is something I have to do twice in the brewing process, which gets old really fast.

They’ve never been seen together in the same place!

Maui’s rare silversword plants on Haleakala are dying from increased warmth and drought (2019 article)

https://archive.ph/folgc

From https://www.nps.gov/hale/learn/nature/silversword.htm

The silvery hairs, fleshy leaves, and low-growing rosette form of the Haleakalā silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum) allow it to survive in hot, dry climates like the aeolian desert cinder slopes of the crater. Silverswords live between 3 and 90 years or more. They flower once, sending up a spectacular flowering stalk, and then die soon afterward, scattering drying seeds to the wind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_time

All he really wanted was the Happy Meal toy.

I was reading some article that stated the effectiveness of Ukrainian anti-drone defenses had decreased because Russian drones, most notably their Shahed variants, are flying at higher altitudes.

The machine-gun type defenses don’t have the altitude range to hit higher flying drones, so the interception rate went down to 80%.

A quick google returned this article from today: https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/29/why-cant-ukraine-stop-russias-shahed-drones-anymore/

On the plus side, the collectors value of the remaining Shylkas went up.

They should be shipped to PSA for grading.

Superhero movie fatigue is real, and Sony’s mediocre Spiderman villain spinoffs didn’t help.

They gonna need a repair/recovery vehicle to recover the repair/recovery vehicle.

Depends on the type of murder.

And type of coffee.

What a guy! I hope he makes it to the end of the war and starts a family.

Electronic warfare defenses on their trains or along the tracks. Interesting…

Oh debianastro made an alt account, or an alt instance. That explains how this got past my block filter.

Subtle propaganda for diverting public school funds to segregated private schools through vouchers.

Thereby further weakening unionized teachers, and the middle class as a whole.

Fuck Linda McMahon and Betsy DeVos

GroceOut is not that fancy.

It’s mostly blends, with some store brands and national brand runs (Starbucks, Dunkin’, etc,) that are almost expired.

I saw some Korean pre-brewed in laminated bags that were probably intended for restaurant use.

Every now and they they get some single origin. I’ve seen random Ugandan, Mexican, but nothing that would be considered terribly expensive like Kona, Blue Mountain, Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, or stuff like that.

It’s stuff that the wholesalers are trying to get rid of cheaply before it expires.

That stuff isn’t bad at all, most of the time.

Just don’t buy the obvious cheap instant, and it’s fine.

Hopefully a trap to arrest Putin the moment he gets off the plane, but I don’t have my hopes up…